Ball-bearing.



BALL BEARING.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7. 1914-.

Patented July 3, 1917.

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ARTHUR M. LAYCOCK, OF WILKES-BARBIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

BALL-BEARIN G.

Snecification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1191 V.

Application filed March 7, 1914. Serial Novv 823,063.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR M. LAYCOCK, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at' Wilkes-Barre, county of Luzerne, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ballearings, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

y invention relates to roller bearings and has for its object to produce a roller bearing that shall be durable and that shall obviate the injury to the surface called the Brinnell effect.

I acco plish this object in the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a side view of a bearing embodying my invention having the upper part cut away to show the interior construction.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.

is the outer race-ring, or cup, and c is the inner race-ring, or cone. d indicates the rollers interposed between the race rings. 6 is a separate ring secured so as to act as a retaining ring for the rollers. e is an annular flange, or lip, extending from the cup at laterally and being bent down as shown to secure the ring 5 in position. The ring 6 lies against a shoulder j formed in the racering. The ends 7" f of the rollers cl are formed in planes at right angles to the axis of said rollers. The inner surface of the ring 6 is in the same plane as the contiguous ends of the rollers d and there are formed on the race rings a and 0 annular shoulders g, h and z in planes at right angles to the axis of the rollers. The plane surfaced ends of the rollers lie against the shoulders g, 71., z and the inner surface is of the ring 6.

In the above construction the end thrusts are taken upon plane surfaces having a considerable area of contact so that the contigu- .surface to resist end thrusts.

What I claim is:.

1. As an article of manufacture, a race ring for a roller bearing, said ring formed with a shoulder at one end thereof, an integral bendable lip at the other end and having an intermediate cylindrical surface for the rollers.

tegral bendable lip at the other end, a retaining ring held in position by said lip and rollers interposed between said rings.

3. A roller bearing comprising an inner and an outer race ring, shoulders formed at the ends of one of the rings, the other ring having a shoulder at one end and an integral bendable lip at the other end, a retaining ring, said lip adapted to be bent over said reta1n1ng ring to hold it in position to form a shoulder corresponding to the other shoulder at the opposite end of the race ring.

4. A roller bearing comprising an inner race ring, an .outer race ring, cylindrical rollers interposed between said rings, means for holding said rollers against longitudinal displacement relative to saidrings including a retaining ring engaging one end of each of said rollers and held in place by an integral bent over lip on one of said race rings.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses JOHN J. JENNINGS, WILLIAM H. POAD. 

